5th wheel rebuild from major water damage
The Before part 2. The duct tape was used to get it home from Oklahoma in January. It is a 2006 5th wheel 32' bunkhouse. Bad repair job from previous owner They used close to an inch thic...
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We got the two front wall pannels built! Good times using our new wide crown staple gun and another borrowed gun for the long staples. Finally it feels like we are getting somewhere now that we are putting something together instead of demolition.
We were able to re-use only a few of the studs, everything else was rotten. DH built them exactly the same as they were in the trailer when they came out. After they were all glued, stapled, and side stabled, I noticed the spacing wasn't even. That's the way the factory built it so I guess it's good enough. It wasn't worth taking the time to take it all apart and rebuilt it.
We were able to re-use only a few of the studs, everything else was rotten. DH built them exactly the same as they were in the trailer when they came out. After they were all glued, stapled, and side stabled, I noticed the spacing wasn't even. That's the way the factory built it so I guess it's good enough. It wasn't worth taking the time to take it all apart and rebuilt it.
